LSU rounds out 2018 schedule with Rice, Southeastern, Louisiana Tech

In 2018, LSU will play Southeastern Louisiana for the first time since 1949, and the Tigers will host Rice for the first time since 1995.

The Tigers open the 2018 season against Miami in Arlington as part of the Cowboys Classic at plush AT&T Stadium – a game announced several months ago.

LSU meets Southeastern in Tiger Stadium on Sept. 8 after the game against the Hurricanes, hosts Louisiana Tech Oct. 20 and Rice on Nov. 17 – the second-to- last weekend of the regular season. LSU and Southeastern, an FCS program based in Hammond, have met just the one time in 1949. The Tigers hold a 31-13-5 record over Rice and an 18-1 mark against Louisiana Tech.

LSU will pay out a total of about $3 million for those three games. The Tigers are paying Southeastern $500,000. The Lions have an athletic budget of about $12 million this year. Rice will get $1.3 million, and LSU will pay Louisiana Tech $1.15 million, assistant athletic director Verge Ausberry said.

“We want to continue to schedule teams from our state when possible, which allows resources to remain in the state and the fans in Louisiana to experience the best venue in the country, Tiger Stadium,” LSu athletic director Joe Alleva said in a statement from the school.

The Tigers have completed their non-conference schedules through 2018. LSU also knows what SEC opponents it will get for the next several seasons, announced by the league last year.

2016

Non-conference

vs. Wisconsin (at Lambeau Field, Green Bay, Wis.)

vs. Southern Miss

vs. Jacksonville State

vs. South Alabama

at Arkansas

at Auburn

at Texas A&M

vs. Alabama

vs. Ole Miss

vs. Mississippi State

vs. Missouri

at Florida

2017

Non-conference

vs. BYU (NRG Stadium, Houston)

Chattanooga

Syracuse

Troy

vs. Arkansas

vs. Auburn

vs. Texas A&M

at Alabama

at Ole Miss

at Mississippi State

at Tennessee

vs. Florida

2018

Non-conference

vs. Miami (AT&T Stadium, Arlington)

vs. Southeastern Louisiana

vs. Louisiana Tech

vs. Rice

at Arkansas

at Auburn

at Texas A&M

vs. Alabama

vs. Ole Miss

vs. Mississippi State

vs. Georgia

at Florida

2019

Non-conference

at Texas

vs. Arkansas

vs. Auburn

vs. Texas A&M

at Alabama

at Ole Miss

at Mississippi State

at Vanderbilt

vs. Florida

2020

Non-conference

vs. Texas

at Arkansas

at Auburn

at Texas A&M

vs. Alabama

vs. Ole Miss

vs. Mississippi State

vs. South Carolina

at Florida

2021

Non-conference

at UCLA

vs. Arkansas

vs. Auburn

vs. Texas A&M

at Alabama

at Ole Miss

at Mississippi State

at Kentucky

vs. Florida

2022

Non-conference

at Arizona State

at Arkansas

at Auburn

at Texas A&M

vs. Alabama

vs. Ole Miss

vs. Mississippi State

vs. Tennessee

at Florida

2023

Non-conference

vs. Arizona State

vs. Arkansas

vs. Auburn

vs. Texas A&M

at Alabama

at Ole Miss

at Mississippi State

at Missouri

vs. Florida

2024

Non-conference

vs. UCLA

at Arkansas

at Auburn

at Texas A&M

vs. Alabama

vs. Ole Miss

vs. Mississippi State

vs. Vanderbilt

at Florida

2025

Non-conference

None scheduled

vs. Arkansas

vs. Auburn

vs. Texas A&M

at Alabama

at Ole Miss

at Mississippi State

at Georgia

vs. Florida

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